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you can provide it to the obama administration. you can provide it to the public and let the public decide. one of the things missing in this whole debate is that the pla as well as the israeli political parties, there is dysfunction within both of those in regard to the police process and while netanyahu says he doesn't want to be lectured by a foreign leader -- >> you can't equate the two. >> let me finish. >> scott, hold on. let's let scott finish. >> there is disarray in both parties. to not want to be lectured by foreign leaders, he's right about one thing, settlement and peace is going to come from those two parties, the palestinians and the israelis but you have to take lecturing from countries that you take $38 billion from. you can't have it both ways. it's untenable. >> ryan, go ahead. >> the israelis are our strongest allies in the region. >> i agree. >> the obama administration has treated them terribly. the israelis want peace. the palestinians won't even recognize the existence of israel. they fire rockets at them, se
you can provide it to the obama administration. you can provide it to the public and let the public decide. one of the things missing in this whole debate is that the pla as well as the israeli political parties, there is dysfunction within both of those in regard to the police process and while netanyahu says he doesn't want to be lectured by a foreign leader -- >> you can't equate the two. >> let me finish. >> scott, hold on. let's let scott finish. >> there is...
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given the highest clearance by the obama administration. we have talked about that time and again. it was in this briefing room a couple weeks ago where sean spicer was trying to make the case that listen, yes, there was some vetting that went on inside the trump transition but they were relying on the obama administration which had done a security clearance on michael flynn in the early months of 2016. and they were essentially saying and president trump is essentially saying in his tweet this morning why would we have to worry about michael flynn when he was vetted by and cleared by the obama administration? so it's not too surprising i think that, you know, when you hear these statements coming from the trump white house time and again that obama had given the skruecurity clearance, it w going to happen that obama officials were going to say by the way president obama warned president trump about michael flynn two days after he was electric elected president of the united states. president obama has with the exception of last night's rem
given the highest clearance by the obama administration. we have talked about that time and again. it was in this briefing room a couple weeks ago where sean spicer was trying to make the case that listen, yes, there was some vetting that went on inside the trump transition but they were relying on the obama administration which had done a security clearance on michael flynn in the early months of 2016. and they were essentially saying and president trump is essentially saying in his tweet this...
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sanctions are fine, they were started by the obama administration, so they flip the switch and turned it over today. but what's interesting is the sanctions don't work well on their own and when we had them in fek befo in affect before the nuclear deal, none of these countries are going along with these new sanctions because they like the sanctions because they can do big business with iran, do business and banking with them, so these sanctions are kind of a little slap on the wrist if you will and at least the iranians would see them that way. >> what do you think about don't read too much into this rhetoric, jim? >> it's not clear what the policy is because you're getting different signals from tweets then from the actual policy moves. if you look at the bottom line so far keep in mind we're only two weeks into the administration, the trump policy toward iran is not that substantively different from the obama administration approach to iran, right? >> right. >> you're using sanctions as a tool, a punishment in affect, a penalty a ratcheting up sanctio sanctions begun under the obama
sanctions are fine, they were started by the obama administration, so they flip the switch and turned it over today. but what's interesting is the sanctions don't work well on their own and when we had them in fek befo in affect before the nuclear deal, none of these countries are going along with these new sanctions because they like the sanctions because they can do big business with iran, do business and banking with them, so these sanctions are kind of a little slap on the wrist if you will...
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looks as if it was abused by the obama administration. what i think we ought to be thinking about is how do you institute new mechanisms that will be, and oversight perhaps from congress but from also the courts. so that it's not abused in the future. i am worried were going to be obsessed with who did what to whom when, looking to find scapegoats and to retroactively put the obama administration on trial. there are probably abuses that ought to be exposed and people punished but that's not the major issue. the major issue, we are in the new age. we have new capacities. how do you harness it? >> bret: if there is evidence of a political element, it changes the dynamic of what we've been covering. >> it would but i think it's important to think of this, one of the things that came out was that the cia was responsible for most of the violations. that happened in the '70s when it came out that the cia was spying on americans. we had hearings to make sure we are protecting the rights of americans. that does need to happen. we just came out of
looks as if it was abused by the obama administration. what i think we ought to be thinking about is how do you institute new mechanisms that will be, and oversight perhaps from congress but from also the courts. so that it's not abused in the future. i am worried were going to be obsessed with who did what to whom when, looking to find scapegoats and to retroactively put the obama administration on trial. there are probably abuses that ought to be exposed and people punished but that's not the...
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this is one of the speeches that will conclude his administration, the obama administrati administration. whole countries in the middle east are collapsing, terror is everywhere and for an entire hour the secretary of state of the united states talks only about the only democracy in the middle east, a democracy that is one of the only stable places in the entire middle east. we are now celebrating christmas maybe secretary of state john kerry didn't see that israel is the only place in the middle east where christians can celebrate christmas in security and peace and happiness. unfortunately, that doesn't interest the president of the united states. he makes a biased comparison between building houses in the east of jerusalem and terror that kills innocents and after that he talks only about israel and only merely condemns terror. the settlements, that's israel, but palestinian incitement, it happens, they don't say who incites. if the u.s. administration would have taken the same energies that they put in condemning israel in stopping the palestinian terror, maybe they would have helped
this is one of the speeches that will conclude his administration, the obama administrati administration. whole countries in the middle east are collapsing, terror is everywhere and for an entire hour the secretary of state of the united states talks only about the only democracy in the middle east, a democracy that is one of the only stable places in the entire middle east. we are now celebrating christmas maybe secretary of state john kerry didn't see that israel is the only place in the...
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what the obama administration is doing. then would also suggest they would be paying the legal costs. it's outrageous -- if it ends up being exactly as we understand it to be, it's outrageous. i can't manual how they thought they would get away with it. i'll be interested to see if it becomes a bigger story in the next few days. >> bret: juan? >> i think it's clearly political. i think the obama administration here wants to avoid scaring people or creating defense industry a major industry in this country. sense of panic about what may happen with the sequestions ration, because i think they fear it -- see questions ration because they think it will have consequences like producing anxiety. the other way to think of this is say they're confident once the eselection over the president said he thinks if he wins the re-election, he will be if a better position to negotiate with the republicans and deal will be made and wants to prevent unnecessary anxiety from spreading in the industry. saying he will take steps and administra
what the obama administration is doing. then would also suggest they would be paying the legal costs. it's outrageous -- if it ends up being exactly as we understand it to be, it's outrageous. i can't manual how they thought they would get away with it. i'll be interested to see if it becomes a bigger story in the next few days. >> bret: juan? >> i think it's clearly political. i think the obama administration here wants to avoid scaring people or creating defense industry a major...
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administration obama administration of doing here. we know there was deep resolution in order to push this united nation security counsel resolution forward. that is deeply disappointing because his torquically america has protected israel. i just came from the western wall about an hour ago and touchdown the stones the juiews have touched and prayed towards for thousands of years. the idea this security counsel resolution which was allowed to pass and pushed strongly by the obama administration the fact it called that one of the holiest sights of the jewish people occupy palestinian territory tells you everything you need to know. that's a historical. it flies in the face of thousands of years of jewish history and simply untrue. that's why israel was so deeply disappointed by the resolution and america's vomit in the passage of the resolution. >> to be clear, you're not saying this was a deliberate push by the obama administration. you have said on the record they have helped create the resolution. the white house is denying in thei
administration obama administration of doing here. we know there was deep resolution in order to push this united nation security counsel resolution forward. that is deeply disappointing because his torquically america has protected israel. i just came from the western wall about an hour ago and touchdown the stones the juiews have touched and prayed towards for thousands of years. the idea this security counsel resolution which was allowed to pass and pushed strongly by the obama...
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times," she moved to the obama administration. "washington post" dessin thompson, he or she moved into the obama administration. roberta baskin, cbs news, she moved into the obama administration. "washington post" warren bass, outlook section, he moved into the obama administration. education weekly reporter david hoff moved into the obama administration. cnn senior political producer sasha johnson, she moved into the obama administration. "chicago tribune" jill zachman, she moved into the obama administration. "washington post" rick weiss, j he moved into the obama administration. this is necessary. former cbs and abc reporter linda douglass, she moved into the obama administration. "new york times" reporter, eric dash moved into the obama administration. cnn employee worked for the obama administration, moved into the campaign. cnn national security reporter, you see them now, jim reporter, you see them now, jim worked for the obama administration. san francisco chronicle environment reporter kelly zito moved into the obama admi
times," she moved to the obama administration. "washington post" dessin thompson, he or she moved into the obama administration. roberta baskin, cbs news, she moved into the obama administration. "washington post" warren bass, outlook section, he moved into the obama administration. education weekly reporter david hoff moved into the obama administration. cnn senior political producer sasha johnson, she moved into the obama administration. "chicago tribune"...
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and the obama administration has -- former officials with the obama administration have not responded to us when we've checked on this. but ty cobb, a white house lawyer here, jake, has put out a statement that has a few holes in it. it says today, michael flynn, a former national security adviser for for 25 days in the trump administration and a former obama administration official entered a guilty plea of making a single false statement to the fbi. nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr. flynn. jake, we should point out when the white house is trying to say that nflynn worked for the obam administration, they are the neglecting to mention that president obama fired michael flynn and tried to warn incoming president-elect trump during that meeting in the oval office on november 10th to stay clear of michael flynn. and then president-elect trump did not heed that advice. so there are some former obama administration officials who are seething a little bit this afternoon, jake, as the white house is trying to use them to shield the president from th
and the obama administration has -- former officials with the obama administration have not responded to us when we've checked on this. but ty cobb, a white house lawyer here, jake, has put out a statement that has a few holes in it. it says today, michael flynn, a former national security adviser for for 25 days in the trump administration and a former obama administration official entered a guilty plea of making a single false statement to the fbi. nothing about the guilty plea or the charge...
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in fact, even with coal, the obama administration is burning less in this country, but u.s. coal exports have hit all-time highs. >> knowing that you read "rolling stone" where you wrote your article 18 months ago that went viral, here's the latest by tim dickinson, how the u.s. exports global warming, "the greening of american energy is both real and profound." but, "even as our nation is pivoting toward a more sustainable energy future, america's oil and coal corporations are racing to position the country as the planet's dirty-energy dealer, supplying the developing world with cut-rate, high-polluting, climate-damaging fuels. much like the tobacco companies did in the 1990s," when they couldn't go any further in this country. >> and in this case, there's no question about second-hand smoke. carbon dioxide, wherever you emit it, beijing or boston, has exactly the same effect on the planet's temperature. so shipping this stuff overseas is exactly the same as burning it here at home. we're doing the same thing with natural gas. they're trying to build l.n.g. export facilitie
in fact, even with coal, the obama administration is burning less in this country, but u.s. coal exports have hit all-time highs. >> knowing that you read "rolling stone" where you wrote your article 18 months ago that went viral, here's the latest by tim dickinson, how the u.s. exports global warming, "the greening of american energy is both real and profound." but, "even as our nation is pivoting toward a more sustainable energy future, america's oil and coal...
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why do you think the obama administration made such a rush to judgment of shirley sherrod? >> the idea of an avalanche of the news media accusing them of being racist. the naacp challenged the tee party and they put some members out and then that was targeted to prove that blacks were as racist as whites. the level of american dialogue. and, of course, when the news story broke by brightbart it frightened the white house. they didn't want to be accused of being racist and they ignored due process and they were wrong in overreacting. >> chris: should a white house be frightened of a clip that was on a conservative website? >> well, you can be. in this age of social media, i thought when newt tried to equate this with iran was really a false comparison. if you are about to be hit by an avalanche of news media criticism and you have no moral foundation it is about to buckle. and that is why the white house apologized and gibbs and the president and the secretary because they were wrong in overreacting but that was the basis of the reaction. i would think that in days to come,
why do you think the obama administration made such a rush to judgment of shirley sherrod? >> the idea of an avalanche of the news media accusing them of being racist. the naacp challenged the tee party and they put some members out and then that was targeted to prove that blacks were as racist as whites. the level of american dialogue. and, of course, when the news story broke by brightbart it frightened the white house. they didn't want to be accused of being racist and they ignored due...
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and the next steps that should happen after the obama administration leaves office. however, a clearly agitated secretary of state john kerry spent much of this speech responding to the criticism that the obama administration has gotten after it allowed that u.n. security council vote on friday, which condemned israel for its settlement building. kerry spent mituch about the speech talking about the settlements and say they among other issues are an impediment to peace. >> in the end, we did not agree with every word in this resolution. there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed or even addressed at all, but we could not in good conscience veto a resolution that condemns violence and incitement and reiterates what has been for a long time the overwhelming consensus and international view of settlements. >> reporter: kerry also says the united states and in particular the obama administration has been extremely supportive of israel. it has vetoed a number of anti-israeli resolutions at the security council and other international forums and points
and the next steps that should happen after the obama administration leaves office. however, a clearly agitated secretary of state john kerry spent much of this speech responding to the criticism that the obama administration has gotten after it allowed that u.n. security council vote on friday, which condemned israel for its settlement building. kerry spent mituch about the speech talking about the settlements and say they among other issues are an impediment to peace. >> in the end, we...
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with that fascinating framing in terms of how the obama administration has responded. we'll speak with ellen nakashima in a moment. i do want to do something else. i want to share with you something that's a little bit of a scoop that we just got tonight. at the start of this week, you might remember the "new york times" ran a story about the cia director mike pompeio. not every cia director is involved directly in things like the president's daily brief. not every cia director is at the white house every single day. "the times" was able to report at the beginning of the week that that warning from sally yates, that wasn't something that the upper echelons of the department of justice concluded and worked on in isolation. what "the times" reported at the beginning of this week is that the cia -- the cia officers were also involved in forming that assessment about mike flynn in reviewing the evidence that led to that warning. cia officers had apparently reviewed the intercepted communications between mike flynn and the russians. they've seen those intercepts directly. e
with that fascinating framing in terms of how the obama administration has responded. we'll speak with ellen nakashima in a moment. i do want to do something else. i want to share with you something that's a little bit of a scoop that we just got tonight. at the start of this week, you might remember the "new york times" ran a story about the cia director mike pompeio. not every cia director is involved directly in things like the president's daily brief. not every cia director is at...
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i think that we in the obama administration-- those are of us who served in the obama administration-- need to be very careful as we criticize the process that the trump administration used to approve this. first off, to approve this raid, it would have gone through several hurdles just through the department of defense before being presented to the president. when we in the obama administration brought these options to the president, it followed a very deliberate interagency process. it's what worked for president obama. just because we've seen, quite frankly, a lot of-- a lot of mess in the trump administration thus far in their first month, i think we have to be careful about saying we had all the answers during the obama administration. i think colin would agree with that. this president's going find a decision-making process that works for him. what happened in yemen may cause him to rethink the way in which he approved this raid. because you can always delegate authority. you can never delegate the risk. ultimately, you're going to own that, as dr. gorka mentioned from the white
i think that we in the obama administration-- those are of us who served in the obama administration-- need to be very careful as we criticize the process that the trump administration used to approve this. first off, to approve this raid, it would have gone through several hurdles just through the department of defense before being presented to the president. when we in the obama administration brought these options to the president, it followed a very deliberate interagency process. it's what...
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but why didn't the obama administration do more than they did once they realized what was going on? this big report hints at the u.s. government having a lot of options if they really did want to go after russia, if they really did want to retaliate and hit russia in response for what they did. spe specifically there is some new and very provocative news in this "washington post" piece where they describe what sounds like rather epic american capacity for hitting russia using cyber tactics. i'm being a little vague about this because the post is vague about this, but this is new. the post is newly reporting that before he left office, president obama proved a covert measure that authorized putting cyber weapons inside russia's infrastructure. the equivalent of bombs that could be detonated if the united states found itself in an escalating exchange with moscow. oh. that work was started under a covert operation signed by president obama before he left office. in the five months since he left office, though, that work apparently has continued on the basis of president obama's authori
but why didn't the obama administration do more than they did once they realized what was going on? this big report hints at the u.s. government having a lot of options if they really did want to go after russia, if they really did want to retaliate and hit russia in response for what they did. spe specifically there is some new and very provocative news in this "washington post" piece where they describe what sounds like rather epic american capacity for hitting russia using cyber...
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the obama administration had for some time been more critical of israel on its settlement building. john kerry said the set. build wag not helpful in trying to find a peaceful solution to the problem inside israel and the middle east, and then you now have this emphatic declaration by the obama administration on its way out the door staking out this historic position. is a much different position than what you're going to get in a month with the trump administration so on many of these issues, especially when it comes to international policies and at the president-elect and his handling and what he is saying on china. some of the rhetoric we heard from him really demonstrates there is going to be a significant change foreign e foreign policy. the problem for trump's critics is that the change is now happening a month too early because he is not president yet. john? >> rich edson from the state department. let's brick in betsy woodruff. barack obama and benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of israel, have famously not had a very good relationship. its this further evidence of that,
the obama administration had for some time been more critical of israel on its settlement building. john kerry said the set. build wag not helpful in trying to find a peaceful solution to the problem inside israel and the middle east, and then you now have this emphatic declaration by the obama administration on its way out the door staking out this historic position. is a much different position than what you're going to get in a month with the trump administration so on many of these issues,...
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the obama administration releasing a lengthy statement. what more? is next? >> hi, fred, that's right. it's a lengthy statement. i want to read to you some of the highlights of it. i won't read you all of it. we know the president says he's taking these actions, a number of actions, in response to what he calls the russian's governments harassment of u.s. officials and cyber operations aimed at the u.s. election. the president says these moves are being taken after repeated private and public warnings to the russian government. he calls these steps necessary and appropriate efforts -- necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm u.s. interests and the president says all americans should be alarmed by russia's actions. so let's go through some of the steps that the government is taking. the treasury department has named nine individuals that will be subject to expanded sanctions. those include russia's intelligence mupt and the head of the unit as well as the domestic security service the state department is declaring 35 russian intelligence operative
the obama administration releasing a lengthy statement. what more? is next? >> hi, fred, that's right. it's a lengthy statement. i want to read to you some of the highlights of it. i won't read you all of it. we know the president says he's taking these actions, a number of actions, in response to what he calls the russian's governments harassment of u.s. officials and cyber operations aimed at the u.s. election. the president says these moves are being taken after repeated private and...
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host: why now did the obama administration reacted this? what: nobody knows exactly timeline the administration was working on. all we know is several agencies were involved in this decision. the army corps met with representatives from the pipeline company on friday, last week. they appear to have been mulling this decision over the weekend. thatiming was something appears the administration wanted to get done before president obama leaves office. other than that, we cannot tell why they chose last night. host: the pipeline overall, does construction continue? does it hold -- does it halt? guest: it halts what is happening at the missouri river. anywhere else, the company could move forward with construction. financial risk they would be taking on, in case the pipeline inns up being rerouted. the company is free to do that. host: as far as the decision by the obama administration, could the company at behind energy transfer, could they countersue or soothe the army corps of engineers or administration? the company has already sued the obam
host: why now did the obama administration reacted this? what: nobody knows exactly timeline the administration was working on. all we know is several agencies were involved in this decision. the army corps met with representatives from the pipeline company on friday, last week. they appear to have been mulling this decision over the weekend. thatiming was something appears the administration wanted to get done before president obama leaves office. other than that, we cannot tell why they chose...
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i don't understand exactly what that means and how much of a handle the obama administration and now presumably the trump administration had on who those russians are or were. again, there's a ton in this story from "the washington post." i'll very much looking forward to talking about that in just a moment. it's not just just a collection of granular little scoops like these ones that i've been talking about, though. there is an overarching framework to what "the washington post" has reported today. and basically the big question around which they frame all this new reporting, and it's a very that i think we all have to admit will loom large in history about this time in our country, which is how did russia get away with this? not just what did russia try to do, but how did they get away with it? especially now since parts of the u.s. government were able to conclude confidently not only that the attack was under way while it was under way, but they knew who was doing it. how did they get away with it? how have they continued to get away with it? i should tell you that nbc news has
i don't understand exactly what that means and how much of a handle the obama administration and now presumably the trump administration had on who those russians are or were. again, there's a ton in this story from "the washington post." i'll very much looking forward to talking about that in just a moment. it's not just just a collection of granular little scoops like these ones that i've been talking about, though. there is an overarching framework to what "the washington...
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throughout the entire period, however, leading figures to have the obama administration -- of the obama administration including the president and secretary of state and national security advisor susan rice kept insisting that the obama administration, that the deal had gotten 100% of the chemical weapons out, creating an illusion, which by the way the trump administration seemed to share, at least in its first few months, that assad had been defanged of his most dangerous weapons. what we've just seen in northern syria with the sarin attack on this village is that that was untrue and that he maintains the stockpile, and i have to ask mr. blinken, how is it that the obama administration kept going on saying 100% of the weapons without qualification, when they knew from their own intelligence reporting and in fact publicly available sources that that was not the case, that assad was keating on the deal, that he maintained this stockpile and of course the ability to use it. >> rose: the second part is the russians should have known about this and there was complicity. >> of course the rus
throughout the entire period, however, leading figures to have the obama administration -- of the obama administration including the president and secretary of state and national security advisor susan rice kept insisting that the obama administration, that the deal had gotten 100% of the chemical weapons out, creating an illusion, which by the way the trump administration seemed to share, at least in its first few months, that assad had been defanged of his most dangerous weapons. what we've...
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administration didn't want to say that. >> obama administration asked him to modify his statement by doing two things. number one saying that broad band is a great idea. we should try to work this out. and the administration and the company pledged within 90 days that they will have these technological problems worked out. wasn't comfortable with doing that. >> bogus. >> now you know where it is and we will follow it to see if it's a big deal. kabul, afghanistan, and both geraldo and i have been there this is supposedly the most secure place in that country because we have a huge embassy there and a lot of military presence there and so does nato and taliban guys get this and there cause all kinds of trouble. so now people are saying, look, maybe this thing is just out of control and never going to get under control. you say? >> i say i was optimistic of the surge. both you and i as i recall say give the administration -- give the military one more chance to win in afghanistan. >> bill: right. >> what this is evidence of, very clearly, is that the taliban is not defeated. they are, p
administration didn't want to say that. >> obama administration asked him to modify his statement by doing two things. number one saying that broad band is a great idea. we should try to work this out. and the administration and the company pledged within 90 days that they will have these technological problems worked out. wasn't comfortable with doing that. >> bogus. >> now you know where it is and we will follow it to see if it's a big deal. kabul, afghanistan, and both...
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, the obama administration. if you change your policies, so will we. that was a critical opening, and i've been told by people within the iranian national security council that it was fully cleared, authorized, and thought through. it was a major strategic error that we did not pursue serious, sustained diplomacy with the islamic republic of iran. president obama has brought us closer to the brink of conflict with iran than even the bush administration did. >> we're going to come back. when we come back, i will let bret stephens respond, but we will also talk about how this is all going to end. and boston cream pie. did you say pie? pie. she said pie. pie. [ male announcer ] get back on track with low prices on everything you need. backed by our ad match guarantee. walmart. [ male announcer ] when diarrhea hits, kaopectate stops it fast. powerful liquid relief speeds to the source. fast. [ male announcer ] stop the uh-oh fast with kaopectate. >>> we are back talking about iran and the dangers and opportunities w
, the obama administration. if you change your policies, so will we. that was a critical opening, and i've been told by people within the iranian national security council that it was fully cleared, authorized, and thought through. it was a major strategic error that we did not pursue serious, sustained diplomacy with the islamic republic of iran. president obama has brought us closer to the brink of conflict with iran than even the bush administration did. >> we're going to come back....
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, obama's administration's reaction this week? >> they said they had no comment. i received a one-word answer from the white house, which was just "no." >> and nothing behind the scenes from anybody else, right? >> no. no one else has said anything else in the administration at all, either. >> great. well, thank you both for joining us. we have francessca chambers there and bob cusack. happy new year to both of you guys. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >>> later, president obama's legacy, and the biggest threats to it. despite his record-high approval numbers. we look at what he accomplished and the effort under way to keep it from the coming overshadowed. >>> later -- 'm crushing my cance. you are crushing it... thanks to breakthrough discoveries at st. jude children's research hospital. we freely share our research to help kids like isabelle across america. wanna help me cheer st. jude? yeah, let me get up on your shoulders. ok. give thanks for the healthy kids in your life and give to those who are not. donate now at stju
, obama's administration's reaction this week? >> they said they had no comment. i received a one-word answer from the white house, which was just "no." >> and nothing behind the scenes from anybody else, right? >> no. no one else has said anything else in the administration at all, either. >> great. well, thank you both for joining us. we have francessca chambers there and bob cusack. happy new year to both of you guys. >> happy new year. >> happy...
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this is the retaliation from the obama administration. it is an executive order, putin is not on it but the head of their intelligence is. now, we have to wait crucially for russian to respond. jacob, get yourself on a plane to mouscow, this is a big ory. >>> i want to go back to ron allen. what are you hearing. the president is in the hawaii. what are you hearing? >> reporter: it says today i have ordered a number of actions in response to the russian government of harassment of u.s. officials and cyber sop sop -- operations aimed at the u.s. election. >> it is necessary inappropriate response to harm interests in violation of established national norms or behaviors. there is that language from the white house of the president, talking about repeated warnings and saying that this is certainly a threat of american national security in order to use the sanction regime as we understand that the president had to, the white house had to put the election systems into this category of critical u.s. infrastructure so that sanction can be imposed
this is the retaliation from the obama administration. it is an executive order, putin is not on it but the head of their intelligence is. now, we have to wait crucially for russian to respond. jacob, get yourself on a plane to mouscow, this is a big ory. >>> i want to go back to ron allen. what are you hearing. the president is in the hawaii. what are you hearing? >> reporter: it says today i have ordered a number of actions in response to the russian government of harassment of...
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quote, obama administration rushed to preserve intelligence of russian election hacking. that was the headline. here is the lead. quote, in the obama administration's last days, white house officials scrambled to spread across the government information about russian efforts to undermine the presidential election and about possible contacts between associates of president-elect donald trump and russians. former american officials say they had two aims, to ensure that such meddling isn't duplicated in future elections, and to leave a clear trail of intelligence for government investigators. amid what "the times" describes as fears that intelligence could be covered up or destroyed or its sources exposed once power changed hands, what followed was a push to preserve the intelligence. quote, as inauguration day approached, obama white house officials grew convinced that the intelligence they had was damning and that they needed to ensure that as many people as possible inside government could see it, even if people without security clearances could not. some officials began
quote, obama administration rushed to preserve intelligence of russian election hacking. that was the headline. here is the lead. quote, in the obama administration's last days, white house officials scrambled to spread across the government information about russian efforts to undermine the presidential election and about possible contacts between associates of president-elect donald trump and russians. former american officials say they had two aims, to ensure that such meddling isn't...
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this is not republicans beating up on the obama administration. there are numerous democrats including senator menendez and numerous colleagues, they are pro-israel, pro-american national security. they don't want to see a nuclear iran any more than republicans do. this is not a partisan issue, mr. speaker. this is completely bipartisan. in fact, i believe if we would put a resolution on the floor of this house calling on the obama administration to say no to this very, very, very bad deal, to a sucker's deal in the words of the french diplomat, i believe we would see a very strong bipartisan agreement. why? because as a body, democrat, republican, we are truly, not just in word, but in deeds, we are pro-israel. we are first pro-united states. first pro--- pro our national security interests. i'm privileged to sit on the house intelligence committee. we deal with the classified secrets of the nation. nd i compliment my colleague representative ruppersberger because they have made a decision that when it comes to america's national security, the pa
this is not republicans beating up on the obama administration. there are numerous democrats including senator menendez and numerous colleagues, they are pro-israel, pro-american national security. they don't want to see a nuclear iran any more than republicans do. this is not a partisan issue, mr. speaker. this is completely bipartisan. in fact, i believe if we would put a resolution on the floor of this house calling on the obama administration to say no to this very, very, very bad deal, to...
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now the problem was, the obama administration was in power. trump hadn't yet been inaugurated and therefore that's a violation of something called the lodge act. you're not supposed to interfere with the outgoing administration's foreign policy. >> the logan act. >> the logan act. >> so it got revealed in this article and then white house or trump administration officials confirmed to people like me, cnn, others, that the story was true, he had brought sanctions up in this conversation and that put this pence interview in an awkward light. all of a sudden flynn was having to explain to pennsylvania that he didn't remember perhaps what he had, what, what conversations he had had. and now it's all down to,cy think what is the personal relationship between those two men, can they get past this? and then there's the larger question of, will congress let it go. and you know the democrats certainly won't. >> josh, there's still a question about exactly what was said about sanctions. we know it all happened at a time when the obama administration iss
now the problem was, the obama administration was in power. trump hadn't yet been inaugurated and therefore that's a violation of something called the lodge act. you're not supposed to interfere with the outgoing administration's foreign policy. >> the logan act. >> the logan act. >> so it got revealed in this article and then white house or trump administration officials confirmed to people like me, cnn, others, that the story was true, he had brought sanctions up in this...
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that is not what the obama administration was expecting to happen. so, they've got to figure out, hey, why did that just go down that way? what happened there? what explains that very unusual, even unprecedented response from putin to what we just did? well, if you're the national security adviser to the president of the united states, even to the outgoing president of the united states in this case, you don't have to just wonder, right? you can actually find out what happened there. because you have access to all of these streams of intelligence. and it turns out, yeah, the fbi had been listening in when ambassador kislyak walked out of the state department, steaming, having just been told that russia is losing their compounds including the super cute when that he really liked in maryland, having to shut down that mansion they love so much in san francisco, three dozen russians and their families are being sent home, out of this country, with no warning, get out immediately. the fbi was listening in when he picked up his phone and made a call after
that is not what the obama administration was expecting to happen. so, they've got to figure out, hey, why did that just go down that way? what happened there? what explains that very unusual, even unprecedented response from putin to what we just did? well, if you're the national security adviser to the president of the united states, even to the outgoing president of the united states in this case, you don't have to just wonder, right? you can actually find out what happened there. because...
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until -- explain to me, why do you think the obama administration... they would have -- >> >> chris: let me ask my question and you can answer, why do you think the barack obama white house administration fired her before her name ever appeared on fox news? >> did you -- did fox news play the clip that turned out to be inaccurate? >> chris: after she was fired. >> right, i don't think it matters whether it was before or after. the question is, you played it, you did not do your job, not you personally but the people who chose to play the clip and there is an ongoing theme about black racism in america and i agree with newt gingrich, has no place in america, black, white, latino or anything else but to cater to the minority racism and stressing the comments like this, is -- some of which are take out of context does not help the country knit itself together. >> if i could a second i want to point out the n.a.a.c.p. operated off the same clip and action by the secretary of agriculture, also, from -- >> i agree, that was wrong as well. >> and the n.a.a.c.
until -- explain to me, why do you think the obama administration... they would have -- >> >> chris: let me ask my question and you can answer, why do you think the barack obama white house administration fired her before her name ever appeared on fox news? >> did you -- did fox news play the clip that turned out to be inaccurate? >> chris: after she was fired. >> right, i don't think it matters whether it was before or after. the question is, you played it, you...
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>> we're equally indignant of the obama administration and their middle east policy of appeasement that has encouraged such an ominous act of bad faith. >> i mean, appeasement is a very strong word to use. do you agree with what rick perry said? >> i don't understand exactly what he meant, in what context he's -- >> let me read you exactly the contents. he said we are indignant that certain middle eastern leaders have discarded the principle of direct negotiation between the sovereign nation of israel and the palestinian leadership. and we are equally indignant that the obama administration's apiecement has encouraged such an ominous act of bad faith. >> i don't think the obama administration encouraged the attitude of the palestinians. i think they are genuinely trying to promote peace and to bring both sides with all due deference to bring them together and to push it.
>> we're equally indignant of the obama administration and their middle east policy of appeasement that has encouraged such an ominous act of bad faith. >> i mean, appeasement is a very strong word to use. do you agree with what rick perry said? >> i don't understand exactly what he meant, in what context he's -- >> let me read you exactly the contents. he said we are indignant that certain middle eastern leaders have discarded the principle of direct negotiation between...
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this shows that the obama administration flat out lied about this. the idea was that the administration seemed desperate to get a deal for iran. we know that they give them all sorts of sanctions relief and billions and billions of dollars. and then this, they give them essentially this window in which they have the opportunity to use u.s. financial institutions, basically to turn other currencies into dollars or euro euros. this is completely against what they were saying, and by the way, if donald trump ever needs to say again this was a bad deal, he has one more data point to say so. >> shannon: apparently, susan, members of the obama administration want to send u.s. banks to try to get them to go along with his plan that they had. we are told in this report that two banks said no thank you. these u.s. banks did not want to get involved with a new sanctions were in place and they were afraid of the optics of it as well. >> that's right. i think the iran deal i've been reached at this point but iran was completing that they couldn't get the benefit
this shows that the obama administration flat out lied about this. the idea was that the administration seemed desperate to get a deal for iran. we know that they give them all sorts of sanctions relief and billions and billions of dollars. and then this, they give them essentially this window in which they have the opportunity to use u.s. financial institutions, basically to turn other currencies into dollars or euro euros. this is completely against what they were saying, and by the way, if...
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the former drug enforcement administration heads criticized the obama administration for moving too slowly to file a lawsuit that would force the states to rescind the legislation. pot is still illegal under the federal controlled substance act. you may recall that the administration filed suit over arizona's immigration laws, so why the silence from president obama and attorney general eric holder now? we're back with dan henninger, mary anastasia o'grady and kim strassel. kim, does the administration believe in state's rights or not. >> this is remarkable as well, this is federal law. and you have two states out there that are -- have passed laws in total contravention of this, there isn't much questioning they need to do and yet, the justice department says we're reviewing the subject, we're reviewing the subject. of course, to answer your question, it comes down to whether they agree on the issue or not and we've seen that again and again. if states are doing something that the administration approves of, then they kind of close their eyes and wink. if it's something they don't agree w
the former drug enforcement administration heads criticized the obama administration for moving too slowly to file a lawsuit that would force the states to rescind the legislation. pot is still illegal under the federal controlled substance act. you may recall that the administration filed suit over arizona's immigration laws, so why the silence from president obama and attorney general eric holder now? we're back with dan henninger, mary anastasia o'grady and kim strassel. kim, does the...
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the obama administration. >> right. he started throwing flynn under the bus by saying that if congress thought there were transgressions, they ought to investigate it. but then, he brlamed the obama administration for not doing a proper vet because there's a five-year period, i believe he was saying, that you don't need to reinvestigate somebody. and so he said, well, basically, he passed the buck, it was their fault, not ours. which leads me to believe, stunningly, that the person who was to become the new national security adviser didn't get a new vet given the fact that he's a pretty controversial person and he was fired by the last administration. >> that's right. >> you know, it's interesting. because elijah cummings who revealed all of these new documents, the department of defense inspector general investigation now under way involving flynn's security clearances, he was complaining, cummings, that the white house is not cooperating with this house committee and giving them the documents they need. >> well, you k
the obama administration. >> right. he started throwing flynn under the bus by saying that if congress thought there were transgressions, they ought to investigate it. but then, he brlamed the obama administration for not doing a proper vet because there's a five-year period, i believe he was saying, that you don't need to reinvestigate somebody. and so he said, well, basically, he passed the buck, it was their fault, not ours. which leads me to believe, stunningly, that the person who...
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but the obama administration proceeded and even when it was clear this company was in major financial trouble, the department of energy continued to back the company up until the end. >> reporter: a growing scandal about what happened after solyndra received $535 million in taxpayer money. competition from china pushed the price of solyndra's solar panels down, causing the company to lose customers and burn through cash. january of this year, solyndra went back to the obama administration and asked to restructure the department of
but the obama administration proceeded and even when it was clear this company was in major financial trouble, the department of energy continued to back the company up until the end. >> reporter: a growing scandal about what happened after solyndra received $535 million in taxpayer money. competition from china pushed the price of solyndra's solar panels down, causing the company to lose customers and burn through cash. january of this year, solyndra went back to the obama administration...
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. >> charlie: is the obama administration doing enough in terms of raising the issue of human rights? >> i think that they could be doing more. >> yeah. >> i think they could be doing more but aiven times looking in a broader context -- but oftentimes looking in a broader context of what the obama administration could be doing to help the green movement, we hear mixed feedback from iranians themselves as to the role the united states would like to play. some of the leaders of the opposition say they wouldn't like to see the united states be more outspoken but i think certainly the younger generation -- the young foot soldiers of this movement would like to see the u.s. more outspoken. >> charlie: i have asked this question. >> during the green movement protest last year, one of the slogans that people were chanting is, "obama, you're either with us or with them," meaning you take our side or you want to engage with the government" and i do believe that a lot of the green movement and opposition supporters believe that the obama administration has not done enough and they worry if the
. >> charlie: is the obama administration doing enough in terms of raising the issue of human rights? >> i think that they could be doing more. >> yeah. >> i think they could be doing more but aiven times looking in a broader context -- but oftentimes looking in a broader context of what the obama administration could be doing to help the green movement, we hear mixed feedback from iranians themselves as to the role the united states would like to play. some of the...
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that's what the obama administration is now responding to. everybody hacks, the united states hacks, china, every other intelligence agency is involved in this type of activity what's different here is the fact that the information that was stolen was then released as a way to influence the u.s. election which is what the u.s. intelligence agencies believe happened here. >> and u.s. intelligence officials didn't even think they were capable of influencing what happened in the -- >> exactly. >> jill ji, you were talking ab how russia could hit back. how concerning is this in terms of an escalation of signer warfare, something to that effect? >> this is exactly what the obama administration was worried about when they decided that they were going to take some steps that they were trying to formulate how you calibrate this. because you can take it up to the edge but then you can step over the edge where you launch a cyber war and that's been the concern. nobody knows where that ends up there are a lot of steps that could be taken. but you can us
that's what the obama administration is now responding to. everybody hacks, the united states hacks, china, every other intelligence agency is involved in this type of activity what's different here is the fact that the information that was stolen was then released as a way to influence the u.s. election which is what the u.s. intelligence agencies believe happened here. >> and u.s. intelligence officials didn't even think they were capable of influencing what happened in the -- >>...
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he has been very critical of the he obama administration. bernstein teaches college out on long island now but we haven't heard much from him. >> sure we have heard from woodward. if this were republican president, his newspaper would be running this on page 1. >> absolutely. every day. >> no doubt about it? >> and the last point. you remember the great sports writer, bill, red -- rhett smith. >> yes. he had one of the greatest headlines. >> willie mays glove where triples went to die. great line. today the american newsroom and the u.s. department of justice is where barack obama's scandals go to die because, once they go there, nothing happens. >> interesting that you mentioned the attorney general. we are going to do a big investigation tomorrow night on the factor about the question is there justice in america when these things are not investigated. >> the answer is. no obvious eric holder is not going to investigate anything. he is like john mitchell was for richard nixon. is he exactly the same thing i have got to get on to diane sawye
he has been very critical of the he obama administration. bernstein teaches college out on long island now but we haven't heard much from him. >> sure we have heard from woodward. if this were republican president, his newspaper would be running this on page 1. >> absolutely. every day. >> no doubt about it? >> and the last point. you remember the great sports writer, bill, red -- rhett smith. >> yes. he had one of the greatest headlines. >> willie mays glove...
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in a sense, the obama administration was self deterred. it was afraid that if it imposed sanctions or doing anything more drastic, iran will pullout of the nuclear agreement. it is already collected up front billions of dollars and revived its economy. also cashed in on the dissolution of the international sanctions which will never be reinstated. china and russia won't go along with it. with the trump administration is doing is saying those days are over. we are not afraid of you doing something to the nuclear deal. we are going to respond point by point to the violations in terms of aggression in the region and especially the ballistic missile launches which we object to and we are going to punish. it appears to be for now with sanctions. >> bret: made clear today from the white house point of view they were not pulling back on russia's sanctions. i want to ask about the call with the australian prime minister and the reaction to it. this is about a refugee deal that was done with the obama administration roughly 1200 refugees that austr
in a sense, the obama administration was self deterred. it was afraid that if it imposed sanctions or doing anything more drastic, iran will pullout of the nuclear agreement. it is already collected up front billions of dollars and revived its economy. also cashed in on the dissolution of the international sanctions which will never be reinstated. china and russia won't go along with it. with the trump administration is doing is saying those days are over. we are not afraid of you doing...
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some republican lawmakers say the obama administration can't have it both ways. the president says the al qaeda leadership in pakistan is in decline. yet more than two years after the raid on osama bin laden's compound in pakistan where s.e.a.l.s recovered documents, critics charge the documents were cherry picked to portray bin laden as a frustrated micromanager who lost control of his neck work. the administration declassified a series of videos which showed bin laden watching television while awkwardly rehearsing messages for his followers. these images also reinforced the view that he was isolated and struggling. but critics believe the million plus files will tell a different story. >> the documents also show that al qaeda senior leadership maintains command and control over a number of branches around the globe. and that this was not haphazard at all. effect, this has long been a plan for al qaeda senior leadership to establish these affiliates in several countries. >> reporter: buried in this budget document for the intelligence community is language that
some republican lawmakers say the obama administration can't have it both ways. the president says the al qaeda leadership in pakistan is in decline. yet more than two years after the raid on osama bin laden's compound in pakistan where s.e.a.l.s recovered documents, critics charge the documents were cherry picked to portray bin laden as a frustrated micromanager who lost control of his neck work. the administration declassified a series of videos which showed bin laden watching television...
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did president obama wait too late to engage politically. >> there is no question that the obama administration did not want to get into this situation. all of the statements, both privately, publicly from administration officials, is that they did not want to have direct u.s. support. the red line rhetoric that the president used, the statement he made about the red line clearly put the obama administration in a little bit of a bind once it was proven in the american intelligence calculation that chemical weapons were used, the administration believed it had to do something. yes wshlg yes, the question is whether american support will tip the balance. aleppo is under siege. the government is looking to retake that town and all of the momentum right now in is the hands of government troops. >> mark, quickly, the white house is holding a briefing right now previewing the president's trip to northern ireland for the g-8 summit. to what extent does he really need to pressure putin to, in turn, pressure assad to step down and do you expect that to come out of the g-8 summit? >> right. so the pressu
did president obama wait too late to engage politically. >> there is no question that the obama administration did not want to get into this situation. all of the statements, both privately, publicly from administration officials, is that they did not want to have direct u.s. support. the red line rhetoric that the president used, the statement he made about the red line clearly put the obama administration in a little bit of a bind once it was proven in the american intelligence...
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governor mitt romney, blasting the obama administration, saying, it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, to you about sympathize with those who waged the attacks. in an interview with "60 minutes," president obama, firing back. >> there is a broader lesson to be learned here. governor romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later. as president, one of the things i have learned is, you can't do that. >> greta: joining us, our political panel, rick klein, washington examiner, byron york and time magazine bureau chief, michael crowley. times latest cover story, on the trouble overseas. rick, first to you, governor romney tends to shoot first and aim later. >> this is teed up for him because mitt romney decided to make a bold play and it bagfired to acan extent because of the events that happened after that statement went out. these campaigns present opportunities to candidates. mitt romney has gotten a lot of criticism for not being bold and taking a strong stand. here on foreign policy, where he has a defi
governor mitt romney, blasting the obama administration, saying, it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, to you about sympathize with those who waged the attacks. in an interview with "60 minutes," president obama, firing back. >> there is a broader lesson to be learned here. governor romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later. as president, one of the things i have learned is, you...
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dana boente is an obama administration appointee. he was appointed under eric holder in the eastern district before -- back in 2013, 2012. so this is somebody who is not -- who has ties to the obama administration but as you see in that statement that came out tonight, he says he will support donald trump in this role until senator sessions is confirmed and to ensure that our people in our nation are protected clearly which is what donald trump wanted to hear before naming him the enacting attorney general until sessions gets into his place. >> now, the next things that need to happen in terms of reporting and getting the full import of this event tonight, hallie, we're going to have to learn more about dana boente. >> a source e-mailed me -- >> boente. the "o" is silent. we'll have to learn more about who is now the acting attorney general of the department of justice. obviously sally yates because the first person who is fired by this white house on a matter of principle, on a matter of principle with the administration. hallie, on
dana boente is an obama administration appointee. he was appointed under eric holder in the eastern district before -- back in 2013, 2012. so this is somebody who is not -- who has ties to the obama administration but as you see in that statement that came out tonight, he says he will support donald trump in this role until senator sessions is confirmed and to ensure that our people in our nation are protected clearly which is what donald trump wanted to hear before naming him the enacting...